Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 1.7 times bigger than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 68% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (3.0 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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